Influence of SHIP on the NK repertoire and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation |
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| Authors: | Wang Jia-Wang Howson Julie M Ghansah Tomar Desponts Caroline Ninos John M May Sarah L Nguyen Kim H T Toyama-Sorimachi Noriko Kerr William G |
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| Institution: | Immunology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Natural killer cell (NK) receptors for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I influence engraftment and graft-versus-tumor effects after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. We find that SH2-containing inositol phosphatase (SHIP) influences the repertoire of NK receptors. In adult SHIP-/- mice, the NK compartment is dominated by cells that express two inhibitory receptors capable of binding either self or allogeneic MHC ligands. This promiscuous repertoire has significant functional consequences, because SHIP-/- mice fail to reject fully mismatched allogeneic marrow grafts and show enhanced survival after such transplants. Thus, SHIP plays an important role in two processes that limit the success of allogeneic marrow transplantation: graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease. |
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